doing anything illegal , the government resort ##ed to issuing a range of leaflets and public statements giving general warnings about religious sect ##s , the earliest of these publications appearing in 1979 . fueled by events such as the wa ##co siege in 1993 , the murders and suicide ##s associated with the order of the solar temple , and the 1995 au ##m shin ##rik ##yo incidents in japan , german fears and concerns about new religious movements gained in intensity in the 1990s , with scientology attracting particular attention . perceptions that scientology had a total ##itarian character were reinforced when robert vaughn young , an american ex @ - @ sci ##ent ##ologist and former pr official in the church of scientology , visited
doing anything illegal, the government resorted to issuing a range of leaflets and public statements giving general warnings about religious sects, the earliest of these publications appearing in 1979. fueled by events such as the waco siege in 1993, the murders and suicides associated with the order of the solar temple, and the 1995 aum shinrikyo incidents in japan, german fears and concerns about new religious movements gained in intensity in the 1990s, with scientology attracting particular attention. perceptions that scientology had a totalitarian character were reinforced when robert vaughn young, an american ex @ - @ scientologist and former pr official in the church of scientology, visited